Come Death and High Water, Ann Cleeves
Come Death and High Water, Ann Cleeves
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Come Death and High Water
A George & Molly Palmer-Jones Novel

Author: Ann Cleeves

Series: George & Molly Palmer-Jones Series #2

Narrator: Sean Barrett

Unabridged: 7 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/06/2026


Synopsis

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves wrote the George and Molly Palmer-Jones series following remarkable mysteries in a birdwatching community—now available for the first time in the US.

The picturesque privately owned island of Gillibry off the North Devon coast turns out to be the perfect site for a murder . . .

A routine weekend visit by the Gillibry Bird Observatory Trust is made memorable by the owner’s announcement that he is going to sell the island. A sale would mean the end of the Observatory, which makes life worth living for many of the birders on the island.

Then a fire in Charlie Todd’s cottage adds to their distress, followed by a fierce storm. The next morning, the birders find Charlie dead in a bird hide. Suddenly their pleasant September weekend assumes a dangerous new face.

Charlie Todd’s murder could have been the deed of any member of the Trust. And it falls to one of their own, George Palmer-Jones, to unravel the identity of a killer within their midst.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

About Ann Cleeves

ANN CLEEVES is the multi-million copy bestselling author behind three hit television series—Shetland, starring Douglas Henshall, Vera, starring Academy Award Nominee Brenda Blethyn, and The Long Call, starring Ben Aldridge—all of which are watched and loved in the United States. All three are available on BritBox.The first Shetland novel, Raven Black, won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel, and Ann was awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger in 2017. She was awarded the OBE in 2022 for services to reading and libraries. Ann lives in the United Kingdom.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on January 02, 2022

A nice easy read. The first George & Molly I've read and will probably read another. Prefer Jimmy Perez though!......more

Goodreads review by Judy on April 02, 2021

This is a competently-written whodunnit of traditional style, with a closed group of suspects, each hiding their own secrets and a police detective who is too ready to accept the obvious solution while a gifted amateur eventually unravels the mystery. The true killer is finally revealed through the......more

Goodreads review by Deirdre on August 04, 2024

This is the second book in the early Ann Cleeves series featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones, which I'm currently working through. The first, A Bird in the Hand, doesn't quite have the signature Ann Cleeves flair, but she really got into her stride with this second installment. As with the fi......more